IIS 5.1 Help Links Broken in Windows XP Professional German Documentation (308183)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Internet Information Services version 5.1
This article was previously published under Q308183

SYMPTOMS

When you try to access the Internet Information Services (IIS) Help documentation by using the http://localhost path on the local IIS computer, you may receive the following error messages in the browser when you try to open the Help pages:
404 Page Cannot Be Found
-or-
404 Object Not Found

CAUSE

The IIS documentation that is included in the German version of Microsoft Windows XP Professional contains incorrect links in the HTML help files, so IIS returns a 404 error message to the client when a request is made for the problematic links.

The incorrect path for the Help documentation is:

http://localhost/iishelp/iis/htm/name_of_page

The correct path to the IIS Help pages is:

http://localhost/iishelp/iis/htm/asp/name_of_page

The URL of the broken links does not include a reference to the /Asp directory.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, use an HTML editor to edit the links that lead to the HTTP 404 pages so that they include the /Asp directory: 
<a href="http://localhost/iishelp/iis/htm/asp/<name_of_page">Name of Page</a>
For example, for the Aogu2wab.htm page, modify the existing URL on the source help page link as follows: 
<a href="http://localhost/iishelp/iis/htm/asp/aogu2wab.htm>aogu2wab.htm</a>
You can also manually add the missing /Asp virtual directory indicator to the path that is listed in the address bar of Microsoft Internet Explorer. Add this before the name of the page. When you add /Asp to the already requested URL, Internet Explorer searches for the document.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

You may have to verify that this is the issue that you are experiencing. To do this:
  1. On a Windows XP Professional computer, open Microsoft Internet Explorer, and then type HTTP://Localhost in the address bar.
  2. Click the Active Server Pages- Handbuch link.
  3. Click the Installierbare Komponent fur ASP link.
  4. When the new instance of Internet Explorer opens, click any link on the page. You receive a 404 error message.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:10/17/2002
Keywords:kbbug kbdocerr KB308183
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